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02GF74

posted on 22/10/09 at 07:55 PM Reply With Quote
Mikini VM26 carbs?

Found out why my carb drips - not the needle valve but the thin brasstube fitted to the float chamber has a split

see photo below - white line, highlighted with chalk, along left side of the brass tube.

split tube
split tube


how do I fix it? attempt to solder it up? heartshrink?

I doubt the tube is available spearately and it would be a reall bugger to press it in so anyone knows where I can pick up a float chamber?

mikuni Vm26, Kawasaki Z1000 A1, 1977.

... thing is, I spent ages dressing up the needle and valve seat and I'm sure that was fixed - ordered kit from US, fitted needle valve and seat and no good -then remove float chamber, close off tube, put in petrol and blew into the hose = bubbles!!!! if only I had tried that earlier but who would have thought it?!?!?!?!



[Edited on 22/10/09 by 02GF74]

[Edited on 22/10/09 by 02GF74]






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whitestu

posted on 22/10/09 at 09:27 PM Reply With Quote
What does the brass tube do?

I've got some ZX6 Mikunis I use for spares. Not sure if they have anything similar in them but I can have a look if you want.


Stu

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Peteff

posted on 22/10/09 at 11:20 PM Reply With Quote
It's an overflow tube for when the float fails I think. The Mikunis on a Divvy have the same sort of thing in the float bowl.





yours, Pete

I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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02GF74

posted on 23/10/09 at 06:18 AM Reply With Quote
^^^ correct.

I doubt the ZX6r carbs will have same float bowl - there is at least 20 years between them.

soldering seems to be the way.






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